GitLab Contracts in the UK excluding London

GitLab
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GitLab skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GitLab over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 204 210
Rank change year-on-year +53 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing GitLab 219 210 292
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.72% 1.01% 1.21%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.80% 9.27% 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 143 214
10th Percentile £371 £416 £463
25th Percentile £450 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +1.85% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £620
90th Percentile £669 £690 £650
UK median daily rate £528 £551 £575
% change year-on-year -4.26% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £57.38 £41.76
25th Percentile - £62.19 -
Median hourly rate £82.96 £74.44 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.45% +65.42% -2.60%
75th Percentile - £76.74 £53.75
90th Percentile - £77.50 £73.10
UK median hourly rate £82.96 £68.22 £45.00
% change year-on-year +21.61% +51.60% -5.96%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

GitLab falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,711 2,265 3,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 10.90% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,466 2,398
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 169 184
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £45.38
25th Percentile £52.42 £52.50 £52.47
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.36 £85.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GitLab as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +39 103 £528 -8.26% 53
North West +22 56 £500 -17.53% 32
South East +15 40 £525 -11.35% 72
Yorkshire +15 30 £575 +0.44% 19
Scotland +19 28 £438 -5.41% 12
Midlands +40 24 £460 -3.16% 27
West Midlands +29 20 £531 +37.03% 14
North East +15 20 £525 +22.09% 2
South West +46 17 £457 -12.95% 62
East of England +30 5 £450 +80.00% 20
East Midlands +13 4 £291 -44.13% 13
Wales -8 1 £425 -22.02% 1
Northern Ireland -8 1 £500 -21.88% 5
GitLab
UK

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (10.96%) Confluence
2 12 (5.48%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (4.57%) nginx
4 7 (3.20%) Apache
4 7 (3.20%) Traefik
5 4 (1.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (1.83%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.91%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.91%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.91%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.91%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.91%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.46%) Documentum
7 1 (0.46%) FileNet
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.46%) SAS
7 1 (0.46%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 130 (59.36%) AWS
2 54 (24.66%) Azure
3 30 (13.70%) AWS CloudFormation
4 27 (12.33%) GitHub
5 23 (10.50%) GCP
6 22 (10.05%) Amazon S3
7 19 (8.68%) Serverless
8 18 (8.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 18 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (6.85%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (6.39%) Amazon ECS
10 14 (6.39%) OpenShift
11 12 (5.48%) AWS Fargate
12 10 (4.57%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (4.57%) AWS CodePipeline
12 10 (4.57%) Kong
13 9 (4.11%) Entra ID
13 9 (4.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (2.74%) Apigee
14 6 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.76%) DNS
2 10 (4.57%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.65%) Firewall
4 6 (2.74%) SAN
5 4 (1.83%) DHCP
5 4 (1.83%) HTTP
5 4 (1.83%) NAS
6 3 (1.37%) BGP
6 3 (1.37%) DMZ
6 3 (1.37%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (1.37%) Network Security
6 3 (1.37%) SSL
6 3 (1.37%) VSAN
7 2 (0.91%) Calico
7 2 (0.91%) IPv6
7 2 (0.91%) OSPF
7 2 (0.91%) SMS
7 2 (0.91%) Spanning Tree
7 2 (0.91%) TACACS
7 2 (0.91%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.16%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (12.33%) MongoDB
3 12 (5.48%) NoSQL
4 11 (5.02%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (5.02%) MySQL
5 9 (4.11%) Data Lake
6 7 (3.20%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (2.28%) Oracle Database
8 5 (2.28%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.83%) DB2
9 4 (1.83%) GIS
9 4 (1.83%) ObjectStore
10 3 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (1.37%) Apache Hive
10 3 (1.37%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.37%) Metadata
11 2 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.91%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 99 (45.21%) Jenkins
2 47 (21.46%) JIRA
3 31 (14.16%) Git
4 30 (13.70%) Selenium
5 21 (9.59%) Bitbucket
5 21 (9.59%) Maven
6 18 (8.22%) Cucumber
7 17 (7.76%) REST Assured
7 17 (7.76%) SonarQube
8 11 (5.02%) Sonatype Nexus
9 10 (4.57%) JUnit
9 10 (4.57%) Mockito
10 8 (3.65%) Eclipse
11 7 (3.20%) Artifactory
12 6 (2.74%) GoogleTest
12 6 (2.74%) Robot Framework
13 5 (2.28%) Cypress.io
13 5 (2.28%) Gradle
13 5 (2.28%) gulp
13 5 (2.28%) Liquibase
General
1 49 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.18%) Public Sector
3 25 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.96%) Finance
5 15 (6.85%) Banking
6 13 (5.94%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.57%) Electronics
7 10 (4.57%) Manufacturing
7 10 (4.57%) Marketing
8 8 (3.65%) Law
9 5 (2.28%) Military
10 4 (1.83%) Police
11 3 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.37%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 59 (26.94%) DevOps Engineer
2 45 (20.55%) Developer
3 40 (18.26%) Senior
4 24 (10.96%) Senior DevOps
5 20 (9.13%) Software Engineer
6 18 (8.22%) Lead
6 18 (8.22%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 17 (7.76%) Data Engineer
8 15 (6.85%) Java Developer
9 13 (5.94%) AWS Engineer
9 13 (5.94%) Java Engineer
10 10 (4.57%) AWS DevOps
10 10 (4.57%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 9 (4.11%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.11%) Java Software Engineer
12 8 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.65%) Lead DevOps
12 8 (3.65%) Lead DevOps Engineer
13 7 (3.20%) Azure Engineer
13 7 (3.20%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.98%) Kafka
2 33 (15.07%) REST
3 28 (12.79%) React
4 24 (10.96%) Spring Boot
5 21 (9.59%) Spring
6 17 (7.76%) cloud-init
7 15 (6.85%) Java EE
8 14 (6.39%) AngularJS
8 14 (6.39%) RESTful
9 13 (5.94%) Node.js
10 10 (4.57%) ARM Templates
10 10 (4.57%) Hibernate
10 10 (4.57%) Keycloak
11 9 (4.11%) AWS CDK
11 9 (4.11%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (3.65%) Swagger
13 7 (3.20%) JAX-RS
13 7 (3.20%) OpenAPI
13 7 (3.20%) pytest
14 6 (2.74%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.76%) PKI
2 11 (5.02%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.20%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.37%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.91%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) IoT
8 1 (0.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 70 (31.96%) Linux
2 28 (12.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 24 (10.96%) Unix
4 20 (9.13%) CentOS
5 18 (8.22%) Windows
6 9 (4.11%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.91%) Android
7 2 (0.91%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.46%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (59.36%) CI/CD
1 130 (59.36%) DevOps
2 75 (34.25%) Agile
3 61 (27.85%) Test Automation
4 48 (21.92%) Infrastructure as Code
5 46 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (20.55%) Containerisation
6 45 (20.55%) Continuous Integration
6 45 (20.55%) Microservices
7 42 (19.18%) Software Engineering
8 35 (15.98%) Migration
9 28 (12.79%) Scrum
10 26 (11.87%) Configuration Management
11 22 (10.05%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (8.68%) Infrastructure Automation
13 17 (7.76%) Cloud Security
13 17 (7.76%) Observability
14 16 (7.31%) Decision-Making
15 15 (6.85%) Event-Driven
15 15 (6.85%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 102 (46.58%) Python
2 63 (28.77%) Java
3 55 (25.11%) SQL
4 37 (16.89%) Bash
5 32 (14.61%) JavaScript
6 20 (9.13%) Go
7 16 (7.31%) PowerShell
7 16 (7.31%) TypeScript
8 12 (5.48%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.74%) C++
10 4 (1.83%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.37%) C#
12 2 (0.91%) Groovy
12 2 (0.91%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.91%) XPath
13 1 (0.46%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.46%) PHP
13 1 (0.46%) R
13 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 86 (39.27%) Security Cleared
2 72 (32.88%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.02%) AWS Certification
4 9 (4.11%) Degree
5 7 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.28%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.28%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.83%) CEH
7 4 (1.83%) CISSP
8 3 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.91%) CCNA
9 2 (0.91%) CCNP
9 2 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.46%) CISM
10 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.46%) OCP
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.57%) NCSC
1 10 (4.57%) QA
2 3 (1.37%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.37%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.91%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.46%) COBIT
4 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.46%) NIST
System Software
1 67 (30.59%) Docker
2 12 (5.48%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.28%) vSphere
5 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.83%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.91%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 92 (42.01%) Kubernetes
2 90 (41.10%) Terraform
3 53 (24.20%) Ansible
4 29 (13.24%) Grafana
5 27 (12.33%) Prometheus
6 20 (9.13%) Packer
7 11 (5.02%) Istio
7 11 (5.02%) Puppet
7 11 (5.02%) Rancher
8 9 (4.11%) Consul
8 9 (4.11%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (4.11%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (4.11%) linkerd
8 9 (4.11%) Podman
8 9 (4.11%) ZABBIX
9 7 (3.20%) HAProxy
9 7 (3.20%) Progress Chef
10 5 (2.28%) Kibana
11 4 (1.83%) Dell DRAC
11 4 (1.83%) vRealize
Vendors
1 19 (8.68%) Google
2 17 (7.76%) Oracle
3 15 (6.85%) Splunk
4 12 (5.48%) Atlassian
5 10 (4.57%) SAP
5 10 (4.57%) VMware
6 9 (4.11%) IBM
6 9 (4.11%) Okta
7 7 (3.20%) Apple
7 7 (3.20%) ESET
8 6 (2.74%) Dell
8 6 (2.74%) Intel
8 6 (2.74%) Microsoft
8 6 (2.74%) Red Hat
9 5 (2.28%) Informatica
9 5 (2.28%) PagerDuty
9 5 (2.28%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.83%) Cisco
11 3 (1.37%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.37%) Veracode